Squid needs to be soaked in milk for 24 hours first. The lactic acid makes the calamari tender.mental note wrote:
ah gotcha, now that you mention it, I likely have never had it prepared correctly cause iirc every time I've ever had Calimari, it's been rubbery and chewy...I just thought that's how it was, not sure I'd find a tender one appealing having been corrupted all these years Crazy ain't it.Rasty wrote:
tendernessmental note wrote:
what qualities is it that differencieates the two?Rasty wrote:
Octopus can be incredible or terrible. Usually not anything in between those two.Mountain-Mike wrote:
I didn't think I would like it untill I tried it. I would meet a friend sunday afternoons at a waterfront bar for cocktails. Sunday was pretty much change over day for rentals & slow for resstaraunts. Thats why we picked then. Onr year the owner hired Yosie, an award winiing sushie chef for the season. We were very often one of his few or only clients on these slow afteroons. We would have him make us something. We didn't know what to order so let him choose. We would sample a few varieties each time & e would tell us what we had afterwards. Only time he steered me wrong was several yaers later when he had his own place. Meeting a date for a quck bite befor a movie whe decided ln his place for a to go order. He came out front brcause he knew me & asked what we wanted. I said surprise us, & he asked what she liked. He then prepred our snack. He had a few California rolls that he knew I loved & a few things of what she liked. His surprise was mrinted baby octupie...
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